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. Biography: Guest Musicians: Brannen Temple
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"This drummer extraordinaire founded some of our finest funk
and jazz groups." - Citysearch

You can hear Brannen's work on the Live CDs, and I have a sneaky suspicion we'll be able to hear him drumming on the Coma album!
Brannen has a great website too, so get over there, and take a look at his other cool projects (ie: Blaze!!).

Name: Brannen Temple
Born: 26th August, 1970 in Austin, Texas.
Instrument: Drums (Fibes) and percussion.
Brannen's Story: From the early age of 10, Brannen started playing drums in the school Jazz bands, winning various awards along the way, before turning pro. He has worked with so many other artists, that I can't list them all here, but among them are:- Sheena Easton, Kevin Paige, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Chaka Khan, and Janet Jackson.
Brannen's hottest main project is of course his award winning band BLAZE.
Musical Influences: Miles Davis; Stevie Wonder; Sly Stone; Herbie Hancock; and John Coltrane.
Links to sus out:
- Austin Chronicle:
  - Blazing With Brannen Temple - Straight No Chaser - Austin Chronicle article. (2ns March, 2001)
  - Something Happened: Seela - "...husband Brannen Temple inside at the computer, rather than his drum kit. Yes, that Brannen Temple, Austin-born badass" - Austin Chronicle article (3rd March, 2000)
- 20 To Watch: Blaze - Interview with Brannen by Sharon Jones.
- Austin Downtown Arts:
  - Hot Buttered Rhythm
  - Two Down, Four to Go - article about police issues in Austin, discusses Brannen & J.J. Johnson's arrests for illegally parking.
- B.Rad Percussion: Potent Quotes
- From the Roots
- Chris Duarte Group Fans: Drummers - Half way down there is a piece on Brannen with a nice photo.

Discography:

BLAZE

HOT BUTTERED RHYTHM

Sultry, lush and occasionally funky traditional jazz
quintet, with bump, thump and sophistication.

Blaze

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Say What Now?

2 drummers, 2 bassists and 2 keyboardists, with improvised explorations into jazz-flavoured, soul-bound modern funk.

Hot Buttered Rhythm

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Blacksoundsploitation

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Other Artists:
Brannen plays for many different artists including (but not limited to):- Stephen Bruton, Lisa Tingle, Sheena Easton, Chris Duarte, Robben Ford, Laura Scarborough Project, Clay Moore, Hot Buttered Rhythm, and Seela.

Press:
"Brannen Temple is considered one of the finest drummers working today. His list of creds is boggling, comprising almost 40 albums and about 30 TV/video/movie appearances, from “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” to “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” - 20 To Watch